William Conolly, also known as Speaker Conolly, was an Irish politician, Commissioner of Revenue, lawyer and landowner.
Ballyshannon was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1613 to 1800.
Baron Folliott, of Ballyshannon in the County of Donegal, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 22 January 1620 for Henry Folliott. The Folliott family held lands in Pirton, Worcestershire from the 14th century. The family seat until 1623 was Pirton Court, Pirton, Worcestershire, and later Blakesley Hall, Yardley. The Irish branch of the family acquired substantial estates in County Donegal, Ireland, in the 17th century. The third Baron represented Ballyshannon in the Irish Parliament. The title became extinct on his death in 1716.
Henry Folliott, 1st Baron Folliott, was the second son of Thomas Folliott of Pirton Court, Pirton, Worcestershire.
Henry Folliott, 3rd Baron Folliott was an Irish nobleman and politician.
Events from the year 1622 in Ireland.
Frederick Richard Trench was an Irish politician.
John Gustavus Handcock was an Irish politician.
Thomas Conolly was an Irish landowner and Member of Parliament.
John Folliot or Folliott may refer to:
John Folliott or Ffolliott was an Irish politician.
Lieutenant-General John Folliot or Folliott was an officer of the British Army.
John Ffolliott was an Irish landowner and Member of Parliament.
William Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Duncannon, was an Anglo-Irish peer.
John King, 1st Baron Kingston was an Anglo-Irish soldier during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms who served the Commonwealth government during the Interregnum and government of Charles II after the Restoration.
Robert King, 2nd Baron Kingston was an Anglo-Irish nobleman.
The Siege of Tory Island took place in 1608 during O'Doherty's Rebellion when some of the remaining rebels made a last stand against Crown forces on Tory Island off the northern coast of Ireland. Following their defeat at the Battle of Kilmacrennan, where their leader Sir Cahir O'Doherty had been killed, a group of survivors withdrew to Tory Island, pursued there by Sir Henry Folliott, the Governor of Ballyshannon. The rebels took shelter in the castle on the island but it became obvious they could not hold out for long.
Sir Robert King, 1st Baronet PC (I) was an Anglo-Irish politician.
